What is the Volunteer's Role?
Volunteers serve as a mentor/personal financial advisor for the day, actively coaching a small group of 5-6 students through the budgeting process by sharing their own financial experiences. The volunteer's primary role is help students understand the connection between the simulation and the real-life financial decisions they will need to make in their future.
Volunteer Resources
Volunteer will be provided with all resources and trained onsite the morning of their volunteer day. JA staff will guide you through the entire volunteer day. We highly recommend you take a minutes to review some of the materials provided below in advance.
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JA Finance Park Agenda
8:00 a.m. Volunteer Check-In 8:30 a.m. Volunteer Training 10:00 a.m. Student Arrival & Orientation 10:15 a.m. Simulation Begins (see phase schedule below) 12:00 p.m. Lunch 2:30 p.m. Student & Volunteer Departure Budgeting Steps:
(1) Life Scenario Students receive their adult life, including education, income, family, etc. (2) Savings Introduction to the importance of savings (3) Research Introduction to the 22 expenses in their budget (4) Budget Plan Create a family, monthly budget by visiting the stores in JA Finance Park (5) Shopping Students shop while trying to adhere to their family budget (6) Payments Pay their bills for their budget & complete steps (7) Budget Review Invesco Budget review |